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Bennie Thompson: “The United States cannot make more enemies than we are making friends--we cannot afford to turn our friends into enemies…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
The United States cannot make more enemies than we are making friends--we cannot afford to turn our friends into enemies or absent allies when we need them to fight terrorist threats.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson stresses the need for maintaining alliances to combat terrorism.

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